TNAG-0419-FCO40-465-Registration-of-merchant-shipping-in-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 185

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J N Archer 1sq

Department of Trade & Industry Sunley House

90/93 High Holborn

London WC1

RLF.

HKK 21/2

3 January 1973

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HONG KONG REGISTFR OF SHITTING

1.

Thank you for sending me a copy of your draft letter to Hong Kong about the register.

2. My only comment is that I think it would be wise tactically to increase our stress on the fact that we regard this as a

Over a co-operative exercise with the Hong Kong Government. whole range of questions we have allowed ourselves to give the impression that we are only interested in the difficulties of HMG and that the needs and problems of Hong Kong are secondary. This has introduced an atmosphere of suspicion in some quarters in Hong Kong which distorts the real situation. I would suggest that the best way of strengthening this thought in your admirable draft might be to insert something on the lines of the attached passage into the penultimate paragraph of Mr Hubback's letter to the Governor.

ENC: 1

CONFIDENTIAL

AC Stuart

Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Department

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